The Sopranos, the hit American crime drama, debuted on HBO.
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Julius Caesar and his armies crossed the Rubicon River, an act that directly led to the Roman Civil War.
The UK's Prince Harry published Spare, his tell-all memoir on his upbringing with the Royal Family.
The Soviet Union's Soyuz 17 was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz rocket.
Indian Assam Tea was brought to the United Kingdom for the very first time.
King Charles I and the Queen fled from London to Oxford, Hampton Court.
